Harrison Ford Asked to Reprise Role in Blade Runner Sequel

The heads of Alcon Entertainment have publicly invited Harrison Ford to reprise one of his most iconic roles, Rick Deckard from the neo-noir sci-fi masterpiece Blade Runner.

A Blade Runner sequel has been in the works since early 2011 when Alcon secured all the necessary rights to both sequels and prequels of the 1982 film. In August of that year, original helmer Ridley Scott committed to direct the sequel. The script is written by Michael Green and Blade Runner co-writer Hampton Fancher. The only question appears to be whether Ford will accept this unusual public offer.

Per Variety, Alcon producers Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson said, “We believe that Hampton Fancher and Michael Green have crafted with Ridley Scott an extraordinary sequel to one of the greatest films of all time.” They continued, “We would be honored, and we are hopeful, that Harrison will be part of our project.”

The sequel’s story is a secret but we know it will be set several decades after the first film, which took place in 2019 Los Angeles. Depending on your interpretation of the ending of Blade Runner -- not to mention which version of it you saw -- the time period itself raises some interesting questions.

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